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A bronze coin showing Augustus and Agrippa

Coin from the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, NM2004.892. Scanned by Madeline Robinson.

A bronze As showing Augustus and Agrippa back to back, struck in Colonia Nemausus (Nîmes) in c. AD 10-14.

Obverse

  1. Legend: IMP DIVI F P P (= Imperator, son of the god, father of his country. (The god mentioned here is the deified Julius Caesar)).
  2. Augustus and Agrippa: Agrippa on the left, wearing a postal crown (a symbol of naval victory) and Augustus on the right, wearing a laurel wreath (a symbol of military victory). They are back to back.

Reverse

  1. Legend: COL NEM (= Colonia Nemausus, the ancient name of Nîmes. (Veterans from the campaigns of Augustus were settled in the colony.))
  2. A chained crocodile: A crocodile chained to a palm branch represents the conquest of Egypt (i.e. the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and the acquisition of Egypt as a province).

Reference

The scholarly reference for this coin is RIC I (second edition) Augustus 159.

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